Where does “forlegen” come from?

forlegen (Danish) comes from German verlegen, from Middle High German verlegen.

forlegen (Danish): embarrassed, abashed

Definitions

  1. embarrassed, abashed

Ancestry of “forlegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverlegenabashed, embarrassed, confused, disconcerted,...
2Middle High Germanverlegen

Words derived from “forlegen

Every word from Middle High German verlegenEvery word from German verlegen